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Yudi Dukes dies from Covid • NY attorney fights white supremacists • Manhattan rabbi offers prayer for President Biden

  New York attorney Roberta Kaplan is taking on white supremacists in court, and wants America to start taking them more seriously. Laura Adkins interviews the crusading lawyer, who is making headlines for suing the organizers of the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. “I don’t think I appreciated when we brought this [Charlottesville] case the […]

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Reflections on Parshat Bo

This willingness to leap into uncertainty is, for Moshe, the avodah, the work that needs to be done.

Tu BiShvat, Inauguration, and the Winter Trees

Walking outside last Shabbat afternoon as the sun got lower and the air regained its chill, I saw a beloved kindergarten teacher colleague looking up at the branches of a tree: “Pussy willows!” she greeted me, with a mix of discovery and nostalgia, knowing I’d share the sentiment. “Remember these? They’re so soft and fuzzy…” […]

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